Blue-rayed Limpet - Helcion pellucidum
Widespread and common all around the UK wherever kelp grows and there is a reasonable amount of water movement. Blue-rayed limpets, Helcion pellucidum, are found singly or in small groups on kelp fronds. They actually feed on the kelp by rasping away at it and gradually produce a significant indentation.
Also commonly referred to by an alternative Latin name, Patina pellucida
Also commonly referred to by an alternative Latin name, Patina pellucida
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St. Abbs Marine Reserve, North Sea
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Blue-rayed Limpet - Helcion pellucidum
Widespread and common all around the UK wherever kelp grows and there is a reasonable amount of water movement. Blue-rayed limpets, Helcion pellucidum, are found singly or in small groups on kelp fronds. They actually feed on the kelp by rasping away at it and gradually produce a significant indentation.
Also commonly referred to by an alternative Latin name, Patina pellucida
Also commonly referred to by an alternative Latin name, Patina pellucida
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Date:
Location:
St. Abbs Marine Reserve, North Sea
Photographer:
Blue-rayed Limpet - Helcion pellucidum
Widespread and common all around the UK wherever kelp grows and there is a reasonable amount of water movement. Blue-rayed limpets, Helcion pellucidum, are found singly or in small groups on kelp fronds. They actually feed on the kelp by rasping away at it and gradually produce a significant indentation.
Also commonly referred to by an alternative Latin name, Patina pellucida
Also commonly referred to by an alternative Latin name, Patina pellucida
Ref:
Date:
Location:
St. Abbs Marine Reserve, North Sea
Photographer: